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The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-08-05
ANIMALS AND THEIR WEAPONS.

One OF the most interesting phases of ami.
nal life, says Golden Days. is that relating
to the methods of defense with which all
animals are provided by nature.
The largest animals in general arc pro-
vided with weapons more or less effective.
The carnivores have sharp teeth, with
which they rend their prey, and the tooth
less ant eaters have enormous claws. cap
able of killing a man.
Many reptiles use their tails to strike
down their game, while a large number OF
animals are supplied with pungent odors
or secretious that are equally potent as a
defense. In certain groups We find enor-
nous horns and tusks that are intended
entirely for purpose of protection. In
some cases they are upon the top of the
head, as in our COWS or oxen. Again, as
in the elephant Or some cetaccans, they
are highly developed teeth.
Ou1 common horned animals depend
upon their head weapons for defense.
They are of two distinct kinds and subject
10 IL mdTFelouS VaflatlOn Ill the different
families.
One group, represented by the COM
mon COW, is called tho hollow horned rum
%inants, because the weapons are hol-
low and persistent : that is, they are
never shed except in one instance, the
prong-horned antelope.
Some birds have equally strange appen-
dages. Thus, the spur wing and the
yacana have strong hooks like spurs or
horns upon their wings, in a position that
a terribly decorating blow can be struck,
calling to mind the surgeon fish, that has a
lance concealed in the side of the tail that
can be thrown ont at the slightest warn
ing, and by a side motion of the tail .,cause
considerable damage to an enemy.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-08-05
SUNSHINE AND AIR IN SICKNESS.

If there is a possibility of choice, a large
sunny room should be selected for an in
valid; if without a carpet, so much the
better, says a trained nurse. The import
ance of sunshine can scarcely be overesti-
mated. Gases have been known of wounds
that had obstinately refused to heal yield
ing TO treatment after being exposed a few
hours every day to the direct action of the
sun. Sunshine is a capital disenfectant
and should never be excluded from the
sick room except by express orders Of the
physician. The first canon of nursing,
says Florence Nightingale, is to keep the
air 4 patient breathes as pure as
the external air, without chilling him. In
most modern houses the upper sash of
windows lets down and may be kept open
a few inches. IL there is the slightest
draught it may be prevented at a small
expense by having a light wooden frame,
| similar to those on which mosquito netting
is fastened, about eight inches in width,
made to fit the upper part of the window.
A single thickness of flannel must be
tackled on each side of it.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-08-05
PIANOS AND

THE Estcy piano is as thoroughly reliable in
i every particular as the Estey organ; is
made by the same company. and guaranteed
by. tn en- to give just as good satisfaction as
their organ, which has n world wide rcputt-
ton rs the best organ made.
Prices very low for cash, or on easy monthly
payments. GEOisGE DARE,
Agent for salem county,
Apr1-1y Grant street, Salem, n. j.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-08-05

The retention of accomplishing materials
in furniture, says DIR. George Derby OF
Boston, is a source of damage to health.
Dining room carpets receive a great deal
in the debris Of food. II is carried about
in the air, and, in combination with vapor,
attaches itself TO WOODEN and cotton text
ures Of every kind, TO paper hangings, 70
whatever will absorb moisture. A house,
whose entry smells musty Is dangerous,
Avoid it. Don't live in IT, Keep your
children out Of it.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-08-05

1t is astonishing the amount of acids,
gums and dyc-stulfs which are converted
into palatable wines and relished by the
unsuspecting drinkers. Fortunes are be-
ing made by the business, and the health
of the consumers ruined by the gigantic
frauds in this line of trade. To bring up
Stat winc' a common practice is to throw
a few rats into a cask through the bung
hole. The rat flavor is said to be ''perfect-
ly delicious" but the sellers are careful
not to sample it, leaving that delightful
privilege to the innocent buyers. Drug
0ist's Circular.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-08-05
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The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-08-05

That we can, in connection with tho MONITOR
secure you a subscription to any paper Of
magazine published, at a much lower price
than the regular rate, and you will do well &c
let us know il you are contemplating n sui
scription TO any publication.
The MONITOR, Woodstown, N. }.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-08-18
Rare Old Humor.

An old cavalier was asked, when
Cromwell coined his first money, what
he thought of il. On one side was the
inscription, ''God with us"; and on the
other, THE Commonwealth of Eng
land" Il see, he said, ''that God and
the commonwealth are on different
sides ''
Twoscandidates,, named Adam and
Low, had to preach probation sermons
for lectureship in, the gift of a GER
tain congregation. Mr.. Low preached
in the morning, taking for his text the
words, adam, where art thouP" and
giving an excellent sermon. Mr..
Adam took for his text, to the surprise
of the congregation and his rival, the
passage: 10, here / am" From this
he preached such splendid impromptu
sermon that he gained the lecture
ship.
10 conclude, we give the story of an
amateur artist who had decided to send
the productions of a quarter&of a CEN
tury to some charitable institution for
the benefit of the inmates. Before
doing so, he invited an old, plain
spoken Scotch artist to see his works,
informing him at the same time of his
philanthropic intention, and asking his
advice as to the institution on which
he should confer so much honor.
We'll" was the grim reply, IF ye
will compliment them, the7best place
Ken o is the blind asylum. - Chaas-
bers's Joqsrndl. ss
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-08-18
A Promising Journalist.

One day during the cncampment the
managing editor, says the Houston
Post, found he was short a man to
report part of the proceedings on the
grounds. Spying the foreman of the
composing-room, he requested him to
take notes of company drill and this
is the way he did it:
Promptly at 4 o'clock the company
marched upon the ground and were
received by a burst of applause. I'M
mediately the father of the chapel
called time and the foreman of the
company began to call off by slugs.
When he called out slug they unfixed
bayonets and kept on through the
manual by numbers. The company
was made up of numerous wrong
fonts, there being a plea man along
side of a minion one and BREWER boy
alongside of nonpareif one. In COM
pany front the line was very uneyenly
justified, there being sem space be-
tween some members, while between
others there was fully Sem quad.
In platoon movements the fellow who
acted as right hyphen slipped below
the line and all three of the proof
readers commenced to mark errors
In wheeling left in circle one handful
got badly squabbled, and when they
went to call off phalanx of four to
send to the front and center the whole
form got pied and the proof-readers
and copy-holder again got their work
in. In marching in columns of fours
another bad company error was made,
Some thought they had got price
and-a-half table off the file, while
others evidently thought they had
struck four columns of figures and
words and put in period when they
should only have used comma, in
making time around the drill grounds.
When the assistant foreman was
ordered to make up four-page from
he made serious error, having only
plea between two pages, while be-
tween others there was 4-line plea.
In marching in double rank the first
three lines were solid, while the re-
mainder were loaded and double
loaded, which is not in accordance
with tactics. The foreman, assistant
foreman, proof-readers. and copy
holder all had column rules, which
some of them bran,iished finely. After
the three United States proof-readers
were through marking errors the com,
pany passed out amid storm of ap-
plause. Time, 81 minutes / 1-64
second"
And he drank nothing but beer,
either.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-08-18
Boiling Coffee.

Whether coffee shall be boiled or not
will probably be always a question
Many think it has raw taste if not
boiled; others contend that. in boiling,
much of the aroma is lost Boiling
makes the mixture roily, and it must
stand long enough to let the grounds
settle and the liquid become clear
Some albuminous material will help to
clear il. Fish skin, islnglass, cold
water, and eggs are used for this pur-
pose. Eggs give it a flavor and body.
and, no doubt, improve an inferior
quality of coffee; but they increase the
cost of the beverage, as, aside from
their own cost, they clog the grounds,
thus making a larger amount Of coffee
necessary to obtain the desired
strength. But if coffee must be boiled,
let it be boiled in a closely-covered
vessel with thimble or cork in the
spout, as, if left uncovered, the vola-
tile oil, which forms the fragrant aro-
ma, is dissipated; and it should never
boil more than five minutes, as longer
boiling extracts the tannic acid. There
is widely prevalent, but erroneous
notion that long boiling extracts more
of the strength and color, and is, there
fore, more economical; but strength
and color thus gained are obtained at
the expense of flavor and wholesome
ness.-Mary j. Lincoln in Good House-
keeping.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-08-18
A Queens Privilege.

'"The queen regent of Spain," says
the New York Tribune, ..is knocking
the blue1laws of Spapish etiquette to
pieces at jolly rate. The other day
she called meeting of the ministry at
the castle of Aranjuez. When the
statesmen reached the gate of the park
they found the queen and the Princess
Isabel waiting for them. The queen
was in Victoria and the Princess Isa-
bel was in drag and four. The
queen was driving. She invited Senior
Sagasta to take seat beside her, and
the other ministers were Accommodated
in the drag. On reaching the castle
coffee was brought, and the queen
ordered cigars to be produced as well
and offered to the gentlemen. The
ministers seemed to hesitate. In all
the annals of Spanish history no sub
ject had ever smoked in the presence
of queen. The queen regent, how
ever, gave the command, and the
ministers, like dutiful subjects, obeyed.
Gold-sticks and chamberlains have
been ever since in hopeless despon-
dency."
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-08-18
In Love With Love.

On, I'm In love with you, beautiful Lowell
with thy silken hair and thine eyes soft
splendor;
iny voice is the voice of the turtle dove
Ihy smile like the dawn is rosy and tender.
cream at night, and dream all the day
,Oi VI tiny magic pow'r and thy mystic glory;
1ny ilght wings sparkle on every spray,
ana the birds and the brooks sing on thy
story.
i feel thou art near me, though hidden from
sight,
Like beautiful bee on the breast of a
flower:
But Psyche shall lend me her lamp l. the
night
And discover sweet love in summers green
The stars that adorn with flowers of fame
The crystalline steps of the heavenly altar,
be witness that though i but guess at the
name,
It's musical sound feelingly falter.
Then come. little Rover, come to thy rest
what is the need that thou further shouldst
wander?
Fold thy soft wings Ger my hearts rosy nest.
. And thou and !, love, shall only grow
fOnder.
Henrietta Gardner,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-08-18
Mexican Mining Kings.

The bonanza kings of Zacatecas are
the Escobedos, and the king bee OF
the family is the Hon. Jesus Escobedo.
His income. in the language of Il Zac-
atecas American, is three times what
John W. Mackay's is. When he was
a boy, Jesus Escobedo peddled char
coal. Associated with Jesus in his
mining enterprises are Jose Maria and
Cayetano Escobedo. Besides the three
brothers there are other branches of
the family also engaged in mining.
Jesus Escobedo is one of the largest
owners in the Veta Grande, from the
discovery of which the existence of
Zacatecas, as a mining camp, dates.
He has been deputy in the lower
branch of the Mexican Congress, and
q Senator as well. Jesus Escobedo
confines his attention almost exclu-
sively to mines. His brother, Jose
Maria, is one of the largest real es-
tate owners in the city. In one local
ity he has 1900 tenants of the poorer
class, and his rent-roll amounts to $3.50
n day. A branch of the family owns
hacienda eighteen miles long and five
miles wide below the city. When the
Escobedos think corn is getting too
cheap they run n little corner and tie
up 5000, 900 bushels in their granaries
until the market stiffens
Zacatecas is not a city of million
aires. Unfortunately the wealth is
very unequally and the eiti-
gems who go to the depot every day to
make the acquaintance of American
tourists at train time are not calcu-
lated to impress hasty ira velers favor
ably. Mexico has large assortment
OF mendicants, but none surpass those
of Zacatecas in their woe-begone make
up. The only bonanza with which
they have any acquaintance is the oc-
casional copper tossed from car
window.-From a letter from Eaca-
gecGs.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-08-18
Th e Persian Idea of Christians.

After the usual programme oi
questions, they suggest:
Being an Englishman, you are, OF
course a Christian. by which they
mean that l am not mussulman."
Certainly" " reply; whereupon they
lug me into one of their wine-shops
and tender me aglass of raki Ia cor
ruption of "arrack" raw fiery spirits
of the kind known among the English
soldiers in India by the suggestive
pseudonym of fixed bayonets. ~
Smelling the raki, l make wry face
and shove it away; they look surprised
and order the waiter to bring cognac; to
save the waiter the trouble I make
another wry face. indicative of dis
and suggest that he bring
vishner-su.
''Vishner-su!" two or three of them
sing out in chorus of blank amaze
ment; "IngilisP Christianp vishner-
sui" they exelaim, as though such a
preposterous and unaccountable thing
as Christian partaking of non-in-
toxicating beverage like vishner-su is
altogether beyond their comprehen-
sion. around the World on asBicucle.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-08-18
Marrying for Money.

who can blame a girl if
she does marry for money and posi-
tionP' said a pretty woman to poor
young man. 'sYou men sacrifice your
inclination and comfort, your health
and happiness, frequently your honor,
in the struggle for wealth Are you
ever censured for it as long as you are
not detected in any deed positively
criminalP Yet when u woman takes
her wares to the only market she can
lind, and barters them to the highest
bidder, people sneer unpleasantly at
her; and, if the marriage turns out
disastrously, exclaim with positive de-
light: 4 feel no pity for her. She sold
herself. Women's training and sur
roundings prevent them from making
a name or position for themselves out
side of society, save in cases of excep-
tional ability and determination. A
clerk does not refuse to serve an en-
ployer because he may be old, ugly,
and ill-tempered. He gives his time
for stipulated sum. For the same
reason cool-headed women marry."-
Philadelphia Ne,cs.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-08-18
'Twas a Little Hard for Him.

There is a gentleman in Minneapolis
who is something of practical joker.
His friends think he devotes three
iourths of his time to devising jokes.
But his victims will be revenged He
has small daughter who promises to
be fully as bad in respect to jokes as
her father. The other day they were
out at the lake.. 1t was very dusty and
the wind was blowing. The little 5-year
old went up to her father and said:
Papa, did you wash your eyes out
this morningP"
''Why, yes, of course" answered the
parent, as he removed chunk of dust.
"Well, how did you get them in
againP" demanded the infant. Ainae-
Gpolss Journal.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-08-18
-
What Is Vulgarity?

Second-rateness, combined with OBJ
tuseness to the fact,-as we think of
the causes producing vulgarity of this
definition, in the community, do We
not at once hit upon the second-rate
newspaper? l think we each know of
newspaper whose influence is con-
stantly vulgarizing, because it is in
variably on the side of the second-best
as against the first-best in everything.
With its single second-chop aim at IL
huge subscription list, it is always on
the safe side of hitting low enough
average appreciation, instead of any
high and exceptional appreciation.
Its editorials are so plainly written
down to supposed low grade of in
telligence that even this low grade
would seem certain to detect and re-
sent it. Its very news. is SO dressed as
to make sure, at all hazards, of suiting
the most vulgar palate among its
patrons. With its amplification of
second-chop events by second-chop
writer's, its puffs of second-chop peo-
ments, its hot advocacy of second
chop ofiice-seekers, with their second
chop political notions, can it De
bat a vulgarizing influenceP
On the other hand, do we not know
of journal whose whole tone-in ed
itorials, in news and news comment,
in political discussion, in literary re-
VIEWS the tone of candid talk be-
tween gentlemen? 1t is plain in every
line that each writer is offering, not a
seeond-best, supposed to be suited to a
duller intelligence or inferior oppor-
tunities, but the best knowledge and
opinion by him attainable. Any con-
siderable acquaintance with its issues,
moreover, gives one confidence that
the writer undertaking special topic
in its columns has some competency
to speak upon it. In other words, ii
maintains the reputation with its read.
ers of being a journal prepared by
first-class intelligence for trst-class
intelligence.
We all feel that we must keep ul
with the news of the world. We in.
sist on taking our ''tifty years oi
Europe" in daily, or at least weekly,
installments. Is it not, now, most
strange and vulgar taste in us if we
| prefer-or even if we submit-to take
this indispensable news through q
medium perfectly recognized to be
| second-rate in morals, manners, and
intelligence, when there is better to
be had?
The "power of the press"!-we are
always eutDgizing it as one of oul
boasted modern blessings. Yet in my
own private judgment l take the
liberty of thinking that the evil news
paper aforementioned has done more
harm in this country in the past dozer
years than any other one influence
In social aims, in political morals (ol
immorals), in general tone and atmos
| phere, it has done its worst, and i,
doing its worst. to vulgarize the coun
try.-Atlaatie Monthly.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-08-18
Above or Below the Level.

Once descend below the level of the
dozen or half dozen men of genius
who have adorned any bygone era of
English letters and you feel like one
who has been kicked down a lofty
flight of steps. You are ON the ground
at once. There seems to be no halting
place between the top of Parnassus
and the fiattest flats of commonplace.
From a few writer's who are above
praise you pass at a single bound to a
multitude who are beneath contempt
1t is in poetry, of course, that the de-
scent IS the most marked and painful
Our minor verse, Will not say of the
last century or of its predecessor
alone, but of any time down to with
in the last twenty years or so, is, SO
far as the bulk of it is concerned, of
the poorest possible quality. The
number of good y,e'se writer's not
attaining to the rank of poet might a
generation ago have been counted on
the finger of one hand. Now their
name is legion. Hardly a year passes
but some half dozen volumes contain
ing, if not poetry. an imitation of it
good enough to deceive all but the
very best elect. are sent forth into the
world to be more or less coldly well
coined by the critical journals and
more or less completely neglected by
the public. And the advance extends
all along the line. The poets corner"
OF the obscure country newspaper is
nowadays graced with far better verse
than was thought good enough for the
keepsakes and albums of our fathers.
Much of it. of course, is initiative,
f.r1f ha <>f %A<
and albums, and our imitatOrs of
Tennyson and Swinburne turn out
infinitely better copies of their models
than the parodists of Byron, Scott,
and Moore succeeded in producing.
1t would be doing grave injustice,
however, to our minor poets to repre-
sent them indiscriminately as mere
echoes of the greater bards.. Gne can
without much trouble recall the names
of round dozen of them, and no
doubt a little effort of memory might
swell the list to score, who have
more or less manner of their own,
and show distinct signs of that 'call'
to poetize, which, if it does not suffice
alone to mark the presence of poetic
genius, is at any rate never dissociated
from it. The number of singers who
''do but sing because they must" or,
in other words, the number of singers
who, if not all true poets, are all pos
sible claimants to that title, has i'm
mensely increased. Instead, that is
to say, of there being, as was the case,
say fifty years ago, some three OF four
men whose right to the laurel was
universally admitted, but no other
competitor who was SO much as ..in
the running" we have now perhaps
not only something like twice the
number of recognized poets of the
first rank, but from a dozen to score
of versemakers whom friendly critics
may without positive absurdity affirm
to be poets likewise.-1he Contsmpo-
rary ReUieW.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-08-18
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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-08-18

A bachelor is published in the pa
pers of Porkopolis for having refused
to pay his washer-woman's bill. He
published card stating that he refused
to pay because she washed all the
white out of his shirts. 2ssa
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-08-18

Fubsby-A-everybody's getting toe
clever nowadays. l assure you, my
chief object in society is to conceal my
Ignorance and prevent people from
finding out what an abject fool really
am! Miss Towers-And do you sue
ceedp-Puack.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-08-18
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